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April 11,- 1933. A. E. PAGE 1,9033% KNITTED FABRIC Filed March 25, 1952 Y-- y as 23 I2 Ti .5. 1 INVENTOR ALBERT E. PAGE BY HI S ATTORNEYS iienis independeni necciie sync iPatented 11,

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This invention relates to were men febrics, i. e., fabrics nor in the direceion'oi the courses, end more psrticulnriy so picot edges for the cycles of stockings. One object of the invention is so produce e picos edge by moons of e speciei floss ems. According to this invention, the piece eoge is made of two yarns, the peeks @ing formed by on eggregsiicn oi loops end the volleys being formed by flooring one oi sire two yarns.

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Figure l is an outline of s stocking showin the ioceiion of the pieceshereon;

i igure 2 is e diegremmeiic picture or sire "face -2 ieoric mode in accordance wish sine inveniion, showing tire inirerniesiiing or the loops oi; the ices erige, oii she seisches oi cereein weles eing innit of sore yarns; whiie Figure 3 is e sinciier diegrennneiic showing of she iniermesiring or? see loops or, iiae piece edgein ihepreierrefl form or one in section where snore ere floss icons in seen sale.

The in veneion Wiii be shown enri embofiiefl in e s ockinv hevnig on weis, knit on the well! own W113- ci hosiery machine. A machine for merino on sneeinuiic iniurneri Weir is shown one? cescricefi in the peeeni: to noses W. Scoii No. 1,282,- 358, missed @cto'oer @9, 1e18 As already mentioned, this invention sci-sees to s, were his stocking, shot is we sey, one in chick she knitting proceeiis in the diireceion of she courses, sci more persicninriy so sncii e siociring when Ernie on mechan c which the needles knock over their seieenes in one cession retires then simuiioeneousiy. A piece ed e mode in sccorrisnce with shis insension is Ernie oi two yerns, one yern peeiiersbliy being heevier ihen the oiner, Thus, Eor instance, one yarn mey be 1% iienier snfl one other yarn 50 senior. is is the neerier ysrn which is fioete if she ere oi on nnequal weight. Users-lily sire entire weis' is made of the some erns since one used in knitting the piece e go. 1

Refer-rim new to the form or sire inven'sion shown in igure 2, is Wiifi be noeefi no the piece edge is composed of e specie! form of half fleet construction, by which is meant e construction in which one of the yarns is fleeces in cereein wales while the other wales are hit with both yerns. The patent to E. A... Hirner- No, 1,062,910, dated May 27, 1913, nescribes one fiorin or half floss fabric and or? how inc febric mey be obtainefi. In the periicnier iierni or ibis heir float fabric shown in Figure 2, the machine in knitting from the beginning of the welt inie the "few has been Emitting regular piste courses in all of one weiw. The lower ezige 12 of the fabric shown in ibis figure Wes knit first, the knitring progressing from the lower edge 12 to the upper edoe 13 oi? the figure. 'When the irniiiing neec es she fold or top oi the welt, iimiied number or speciei courses M, are insereed, in which she heavier or facing yarn forms fleets 18 in recurrent Weiss in order to procluce e picot eiiect ii. In the needle Wales i=3 each stiicil which is formed only from iii-e fighter 1? is floated by the heavier yarn. The other Weiss 21 ere mode of regu- Ker pieced stitches. iii: is preferable in this i orrn the invention so make only about ewe courses 14:, 155 in this manner, one? shot is no number of speciei courses shown in 2. These :3 ecini courses ere immedieeeiy ioiicwexi Roy ,0 etedi courses so that in the Wei-es Where the heir fleet stitches occur, those isnifc flees sbiiciies ere immeoiieeeiy followed by ssiirches knit with both yarns. By thus one yarn in eiiese ices courses 1s, 15 in ceriein Weiss 16 one roe ing the stitches in ine adjacent "Weiss 21 of Tooth yarns, and

internaesising the speciei seiichesin the seconai ceume 3.5 by siieches knit of both yerns as ice; efieci: is oioeeinefl when the fabric is ro neri. The diagonal efiect given this picot can be seen in Figure 2, the line of the row being menses icy the dot-eni-(issh line H. The febrile shows is marked tendency so itoidl along the iine :c-e-prcsumsbly besense oz? tine tote} absence of floats or the iresry yarn st she line.

The preferred form of construction is that shown in Figure 3, the special courses being similar so those shown in the patent to Fred W. Swish No. 1,772,230, dated August 5, 1930.

f float stitches in each Wale. In this form of the invention heif iioet stitches are mede in one of r current Weiss for career more courses and then plcted stitches ere made in ode the ct er re current which theretoi'ore seen plated lib first c stitciie roiiow A v his lrese rononnc r. clone; this i nounced ti i ere 2. in n r shown end entioi Merit to o 1, 321 236 e empioyed. the construction there being one in which pattern jeclrs ere empioyed roise clternote needles to e ievei they wiii telre both yerns, the non-seie'cted needles flicking onlv one yarn. This arrangement permits shifting the fleets to the other Weiss when thot is desired. The facing; yern may he the one that is frosted, end in this case the facing yarn Wiil bethe heevier Vern ii differcnce in neisht oi yarn is used,

It wili ohserved in the construction shown in Figure 3 that the sinker Wales on each side the foid come epprozimsteiy behind sec-i1 other and provide e peek 28 or teper, thus making s good-looking picot edge. This is partly due to the feet that the Wide points of the diamond-shaped formation in the Wales 26 firstknit with the half float stitch, i. e., the half float stitches neerest, the lower edge 12 of Figure 3, are directly followed by Iain plated stitches in courses 24 25, 31 which tend to reduce the distortion essence of those half float stitches. Stated another way the diamond formation, generally spec ing, is caused in the same manner in which the diamond formations are caused in the above-mentioned patent to Fred W. Smith No. 1,772,230, and the coincidence of the peeks on the inside and the outside of the fold in the form of the invention shown in Figure 3 is due largely to the juxtaposition oi the course composed entirely of plsin pleted stitches with the course conteining the sieclzest stitches in one of the two recurrent groups of WFlQS.

Whet .i' claim is:

i. weft lfil'llo stocking having 21 folded welt with s picot formation made of two yarns ot the upper edge of said folded welt s '1 :Eorrnetion comprising recurrent Wales iir one fioeted at the picot formestitches in the adjacent Wales in the e course the stitch in the Wele edjecen; course each being knit of two i Jo hem so stocking having o. foided 'th e. p'cot edge formstion ot the m ose/d of e plurelitgy' of plurality yerns or on.-

lght, on oi the heavier seid yarns fleet-ed in ell of noise in said pioot the fleeting occurring on recurrent one or more successive cour es in the intervening in the remo-ining picot edge courses end the fold occn Where the half "dost stitches are staggered, to produce dieinond formations pointing in opposite directions in adjacent Wales to moire the peeks and 'veileys of said picot edge.

5. A scoreless stocking having e folded Welt with s picot edge formation at the fold of said welt composed of c plurality 01? courses knit of e plurality of yarns or onequei weight, one of the heavier of said yarns where the stagger in the half float stitches occurs, to produce diamond formations pointing in opposite directions to make the cent to a course containing plain plated stitches.

4 per edge of said we 6. A weft knit stocking having a folded welt with a picot edge formation at the upt, said formation being composed of a plurality of courses each having a plurality of yarns including one yarn heavier than another, the heavier arn bein floated in recurrent wales in a p urality 0 said courses and the stitch in the adjacent wale in one of said courses being knit of all the yarns.

7. A weft knit stocking havin a picot edge formation in the we t, said ormation belng composed of a plurality of courses each Having a lurality of yarns of different weights, a eavier yarn being floated in recurrent wales in a plurality of said courses and the stitch in the adjacent Wale in one of said courses being knit without floats, the welt being folded along a line having no floats of said heavier yarn, certain stitches at said line lacking said heavier am.

In testimony whereof have signed my name to this specification.

ALBERT E. PAGE. 

